Europa Clipper is on its way to Jupiter but it was in the perfect position to study the comet's tails after its closest approach to the Sun.
The observations were conducted on November 6, just days after the perihelion of Comet 3I/ATLAS. This was its closest passage to the Sun, although this interstellar interloper wasn’t exactly close – around 203 million kilometers (126 million miles) f... [3032 chars]